rhubarb cordial

Our three rhubarb plants are doing well finally, and we have already had a few harvests, but I also found a bit of a stash in the freezer needing using up. So thought I would have a go at rhubena – rhubarb cordial.

It’s lovely.. tastes of.. yes.. rhubarb, but not in a strip your face off way, and it froths gently, particularly mixed with fizzy water.

We drink a lot of cordials in this house, himself not being a drinker of alcohol, so great to have found another one. Course, it can be topped with fizzy wine for those of us that do partake..

Ooh, that sounds nice. I might have to try that. My husband doesn’t drink alcohol either, so cordials are the way to go. Mind you, there are lots of other things he doesn’t eat/drink either, so persuading him to try a rhubarb drink will be a little challenging.

I had a go at making this last night but seem to have gone wrong somewhere as only have a tiny bit of liquid drained off from it, is it really only 150ml of water? I picked a day after it had rained lots and the rhubarb seems as juicey as it ever gets. Any ideas what I might have done wrong?

only guess is the rhubarb was drier than it seemed. does seem to vary, and doesn not make loads at the best of times. – 150ml is more than a lot of recipes. not sure what else to suggest. other than making a pie from the pulp.

i stopped picking my rhubarb a awhile ago as it was suffering from lack of water and the stalks were hollow